They are just looking to remove Iran's influence in the country.
That's the real answer, Iran - and by extension hezbollah - has major influence in the region, Lebanon, Iraq, syria, Yemen...you name it. That's why you find the gulf countries rushing to normalize relationships with Israel, they all have Iran as their number #1 target (plus hey, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, right?), add the Warlords in the US to the mix, and you have a WW3 waiting to happen.
this area really has some of the most complicated matters of the 21st century, you don't really know who is an ally of who and who is an enemy of who, for example, Egypt is on bad terms with Ethiopia, but they support al asad and his regime in syria and they are also an ally of saudi arabia and UAE, while Saudis despise al asad and supports the Syrian militants and are also an ally to Egypt and UAE but an enemy to iran, and then you have the Emiratis - who are allies of Egypt and Saudi Arabia - aid Ethiopia with weapons and machinery and an enemy to Iran (but at the same time are t
he second trade Partner of Iran). all of this and you are watching as an outsider wondering wtf is going on
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All I can say is that politics is fucking nasty and I'm glad that I stayed out of it, I have various relationships with people in power, but it's just like this - a relationship that come and go and I hope that I can keep it that way.
People in UAE should walk away. The Houthi's are pissed at their unjust suffering and are ready to share their suffering with UAE. Please look at
map again if you live in UAE and see where you can run to if it escalates...lol. Irans proxy support of Houthis is not gonna stop while injustice continues.
I somewhat disagree, your average Joe isn't really affected by these events that much, I mean, terrorist activities happened all over the EU (London, Paris....etc) and you didn't really see sharp declining in travelers cause of these attacks, and random shootings happens all the time in the US and people sill go.
So as long as the UAE stays relevant (low taxes, good banking, good activities...etc) people will still come to the UAE, or that's my opinion at least.